sudo update stucks at connecting

Question

I have an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server, and I want to install the GUI, which causes error everytime. but before installing the GUI, I want to run the update command:

sudo apt-get update

But I always get this error:

It stuck at the "Connecting..." and then after some seconds it says failed and such.

Note that my nameservers are set to these:

8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

What should I do?!

Answer 1

It sounds like you either have a network/connection issue or a DNS issue. First, try to ping 8.8.8.8 (Google's DNS Server, as you already know)

ping 8.8.8.8

If you get a response, we can tell that it is a DNS issue. If not, it is a network/connection issue.

For a DNS issue, make sure that you have set the DNS as described. Check /etc/network/interfaces. You should have a line in your network card stanza, like this:

dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

Notice that the DNS servers are separated by a space, not a comma. A typical full stanza would look something like this:

iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.50
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.1.0
        broadcast 192.168.1.255
        gateway 192.168.1.1
        dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.8.4

After making the change, restart your networking service:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

If that doesn't work, please post the contents of your /etc/network/interfaces config.